Best Practices for Publishing Services,

Layers, and Maps

(ArcGIS Online Track)

Brady Hoak, Solution Engineer

Renee Bernstein, Solution Engineer

Agenda

• ArcGIS Platform Overview

- Services and Layers

• Sharing Services

- User experience and workflows

- Web layers

- Web maps

• Online Metadata

- Authoritative Content

- Item Details Page

• Summary

ArcGIS Platform Overview

The ArcGIS Platform enables Web GISEnabling GIS Everywhere

Available in the Cloud . . .

. . . and In Your Own Infrastructure

Simple

Integrated

Open

Desktop Web Device

Server Online Content

and Services

portal

Sharing to a “portal”

• “portal” → Central destination for all of your geospatial assets

in Web GIS

- ArcGIS Online organization and/or Portal for ArcGIS

• Within your portal, you can own content:

- Web maps (2D data)

- Web scenes (3D data)

- Web layers

- Many different types

portal

Feature Tile Scene ElevationMap

ImageImage

Web map Web scene

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ArcGIS Platform Deployment Options

In the Cloud

* Services and data

managed by Esri

ArcGIS Online

In your own infrastructure

ArcGIS

Server

ArcGIS

Data Store

Portal for

ArcGISArcGIS

Enterprise

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How Web maps, Layers, and Services Work Together

• Web map (2D) or Web scene (3D)

- Collection of web layers and mapping

functionality

• Web Layer

- portal content that exposes data

- References a service and can configure attribute pop-ups,symbology, etc.

• Web Service

- Exposes a URL for web clients to access data

- Data can be copied to the server or referenced from a shared

location or enterprise geodatabaseservice

layer

map/scene

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Types of ArcGIS Services

• Map Services (Tiled or Cached)*

• Vector Tile Services*

• Feature Services (layers and tables)*

• Scene Services (cached)*

• Map Services (Dynamic)

• Image Services

• Stream Services

• Geoprocessing Services

• Geocode Services

• Network Analyst Services

• Geodata Services

* Can be published to AGOL

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Layers That Can be Shared to ArcGIS Online

Service Layer

Map Services (Tiled or Cached) Tile Layer

Vector Tile Services Vector Tile Layer

Feature Services (layers and tables) Feature Layer

Scene Services (cached) Scene Layer

Using ArcGIS Pro

Sharing Services

ArcGIS Pro – Sharing User Experience

1. Sign into a portal

2. Share from:

i. The ribbon to share your entire map

ii. The context menu to share a selection

of layers

3. Analyze your data for potential

issues

4. Click Share/Publish

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ArcGIS Pro – Sharing User Experience

1. Sign into a portal

2. Share from:

i. The ribbon to share your entire map

ii. The context menu to share a selection

of layers

3. Analyze your data for potential

issues

4. Click Share/Publish

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ArcGIS Pro – Controlling Layer Grouping

Layer Context Menu (rt click on layer(s))

• Select a group of layers and share

them using the context (rt click) menu

• Select one layer and share it

Share Layer Button on Ribbon

• No control over which layer, groups all

layer in current map

A

A

ArcGIS

Online

Sharing from ArcGIS Pro

Feature Layer and Vector Tile Layer

Sharing Demos

Web Maps Integrate Information / Configure / Share

Source Materials Apps User Needs

Data from Esri

CSV

Spreadsheet

Basemaps

Desktop

Databases

Sensor & Real-Time Data

3D Data

Web Map

Data from

ArcGIS Online

Operational

Awareness

Field Mobility

Public

Engagement

Dashboards

Mobile Apps

Templates

Web Apps

Sharing Web maps

• Preset configurations make one click sharing of

new web layers easy and accessible

• Map level settings, such as bookmarks, are

automatically maintained

• For more control, new web layers can be split

and configured individually or shared

beforehand

Sharing Web Map

Demo

Explanation of Feature layer views

• All Data Points

• Only Road Closure Points (filter)

• Heatmap of Road Closures (symbology)

Feature Layer Views

Demo

Smart Mapping – Beautiful Mapping Made Easy

Marking Authoritative

Content

Options for Publishing Authoritative Content

• Dedicated publicly-facing publishing account

• Action by Organization Administrator

1. Request that the organization be verified by Esri

2. Mark their organization's best content as "Authoritative"

Publish from a Dedicated Public Account for your Organization

• Presents the organization in a

professional way

• Common practice among many

cities and county agencies

• Requires an additional named user account and lots of coordination

within the organization

Verified Account whose Administrator Marked Items as Authoritative

Verified Organization

Administrator marks item

"authoritative"

Item is now by Organizational

Name

Completing the Item Details

Page

Why Document Your Item?

• Helps you stay organized

• Your coworkers & external users will thank you!

• Makes your item more credible

• Required when nominating to the ArcGIS Living Atlas

• Makes your web map or app social-media-ready with title, thumbnail, & summary:

Tips to Document Your Item

1. Document as you work

- Fill out the information you're prompted for when publishing from Pro

2. Cite and link back to original data

3. Think of someone who comes across your item online

- Why is this item valuable?

- Descriptive alias names that spell out acronyms?

4. Choose effective tags that make your item discoverable

5. Make a nice thumbnail that sets expectations

6. Use markup, formatting/indentation, color, and images to your advantage!

Full Item Details Page: App

Full Item Details Page: App

use color of text in Description to

match legend

Full Item Details Page: Web Map

Full Item Details Page: Web Map

Screenshot of map with pop-up hosted as an image used within Description

Now on to Settings!

• Delete Protection

• Extent

• For Layers:

• Optimize to Improve

Performance?

• Allow others to

Export?

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